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Definition of Plangent
1. Adjective. Loud and resounding. "The plangent minority"
Definition of Plangent
1. a. Beating; dashing, as a wave.
Definition of Plangent
1. Adjective. having a loud, mournful sound ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plangent
1. resounding loudly [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plangent
Literary usage of Plangent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"plangent, beating, and in its secondary meaning, beating the breast, and so,
lamenting. In the latest edition of Ph. van Artevelde (1877), Sir H. Taylor has ..."
2. A Seamark: A Threnody for Robert Louis Stevensonby Bliss Carman by Bliss Carman (1895)
"... And fit the plangent words in rhyme Where the dark secret lurks unsaid ; You
brethren of the light-heart guild, The mystic fellowcraft of joy, ..."
3. Brief Literary Criticisms by Richard Holt Hutton (1906)
"And that is true, for " plangent sadness " is the sadness conveyed by the idle
... But though there was no perfect note of "plangent sadness" in Wordsworth, ..."
4. Brief Literary Criticisms by Richard Holt Hutton, Elizabeth Mary Roscoe (1906)
"And that is true, for " plangent sadness " is the sadness conveyed by the idle
... But though there was no perfect note of "plangent sadness" in Wordsworth, ..."
5. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"plangent, beating, and in its secondary meaning, beating the breast, and so,
lamenting. In the latest edition of Ph. van Artevelde (1877), Sir H. Taylor has ..."
6. A Seamark: A Threnody for Robert Louis Stevensonby Bliss Carman by Bliss Carman (1895)
"... And fit the plangent words in rhyme Where the dark secret lurks unsaid ; You
brethren of the light-heart guild, The mystic fellowcraft of joy, ..."
7. Brief Literary Criticisms by Richard Holt Hutton (1906)
"And that is true, for " plangent sadness " is the sadness conveyed by the idle
... But though there was no perfect note of "plangent sadness" in Wordsworth, ..."
8. Brief Literary Criticisms by Richard Holt Hutton, Elizabeth Mary Roscoe (1906)
"And that is true, for " plangent sadness " is the sadness conveyed by the idle
... But though there was no perfect note of "plangent sadness" in Wordsworth, ..."
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